I'm totally in denial that it's our busy season and that Christmas is just around the corner, and I usually am that guy running around in a mad dash on Christmas Eve! Today, we went shopping for a Christmas tree, since the kids are no longer interested in walking around in a field trying to find the perfect real one, then wait around for someone to come and chop it down. We didn't realise that the shop would have about 50 different types of tree, some with lights already integrated! So it probably took my wife and I twice as long as it normally does to choose one, and at the same time grabbed some stocking fillers, and then got distracted and got some beautiful glass lights and lightshades for the upstairs hallway... Anyway, to cut a long story short,m the power went off, so we were inspecting the trees with our torches, and finally decided on one, with my mother shuffling around with us... When we got to the checkout, they said its cash or (physical - chip and pin) card only! Had a bright idea to go to Tesco and withdraw some cash via the app, but our tree cost more than our withdrawal limit, so I decided to just get the other bits, but when we drove their they were closed due to the power cut too. 😩 On the bright Side, I do appear to be on Santa's NICE list! 😁 I know when we had our shops we would have found loads of ways to help the customer find a way to pay us.. bank transfer, order online, use an app with your phone signal. So we had to abondon the lot and leave the store empty handed. I dread to think how much that power cut cost them today? Anyway, What I ACTUALLY wanted to share with you is our 🎁 Christmas gift guide for anyone organised enough to leave enough time to buy. 🌎️ We ship all over the world. 👉️ Read the gift guide